If god forbid it's breast cancer, 6 months is a very long time to wait.
My wife is an OB/GYN practitioner.

Debbie.....I have been there exactly like you are saying, and my doctor
didn't hesitate for one second in sending me to a surgeon for a biopsy.
Waiting for the results for a week was worse than the actual biopsy.  Of
course it was benign....but my mother had breast cancer (cured) and none
of us daughters would even dream of waiting a month, let alone six.

Talk to your ob/gyn and let him make the arrangements.  I am sure he and
you would rather be sure NOW......not six months from now.

Best.....Heather

From: deborahtrujillo@earthlink.net (Debbie Trujillo)
Some of you may remember me. My husband John had an RRP in July 2003. So
far everything appears to be going well with him.
However, I had to go back for a followup to my mammogram today as they
found something in the nodules they wanted to check out more. They took
a second set of pictures today (which hurt like hell as it always does)
and then did an ultrasound. The technician showed the pictures and then
the doctor came in and took a look herself. She then told me that she
can't determine from the ultrasound whether what I have are cysts or
lesions and said she'd like to do a followup in 6 months. I could not be
a biopsy without discussing it with my ob/gyn first and he was not
available today as this is his surgery day. The radiologist said she
doesn't think its cancer but would not rule it out entirely.
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hi debbie - my wife had a situation earlier in life where she had lots
of small "grainy" lumps in the breasts.  was traced back to caffeine.
she stopped drinking her coffee and cokes and within six months,  it
cleared up.

then, 20 years later,  they took a mammogram and it looked like "smoke".
it was an area in the breast that had a haze or something like that.
they had her come back and do another series, only this time it was with
a brand new machine and they had the machine set up for magnification to
see what it was.  when they got done,  they said it looked like a close
up picture of some smoke.

so, then the sent her to a clinic that specializes in women and breast
problems.

the doctor said not to worry about it and gave her a 6 month appt.  that
was over 5 years ago, and it hasn't gotten any worse.

never heard of anyone else having what i've described.  guess we get the
rare ones - huh?

~ curtis

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Sounds (almost) exactly like my friend.
For some reason, she was sent to check with ob/gyn as well.
"the mammogram called the mass 'asymmetric ill-defined density'"
Then they did ultrasound - still uncertain.
She's in Indiana and was referred to breast centre in Chicago (40 miles away)
Then they did a wire guided biopsy, still uncertain or unwilling to say for
certain.
They noted she had same ill-defined density in other breast.
Recheck (both breasts) at 6 months, recheck at 12 months, recheck at 2 years.
The worst was the biopsy (bruising ) and the trips but her famly went with her,
then they shopped.
(why waste trips,eh?)
It's been 3 or 4 years now. All is well. :)
Try not to worry too much.
J

I'd agree with J - try not to worry too much.

But in the meantime talk to the women on alt.support.cancer.breast, there's
a huge range of different experiences there.

Hugs,

Mary

Hi, Debbie.  Of course we remember you.  My brother is moving out your way
in May.  His wife is heading up the nursing school at Southwest Nevada
Community College.   ....  But, I digress....

Damn!  Cancer scare.  And six months (or more) to mull it over.  I'll bet
you're scared s---less.

Debbie,

My wife has been through this a few times.  One thing she
found out is that it's very difficult to interpret mammograms.
There are radiologists who look at them, along with every
other kind of xrays, and then there are radiologists who
specialize in mammograms and have seen thousands or
tens of thousands of them.  In one of my wife's cases, the
HMO radiologist thought there was a problem and referred
her to a center where they specialize in this stuff and the
radiologist there looked at the same images and said they
were no problem at all.

If you do need a biopsy, it's not as bad now as it used to
be.  They can usually use a needle instead of a scalpel
and it's much less invasive than it used to be.

Most of all, I agree with Mary's advice, check with all the
informed people over on alt.support.cancer.breast.

   Alan